Table 2.
Hospital Characteristics, Geographic Locations, and Household Income in Patients With LVAD Hospital Admissions Between 2010 to 2019: Stratified by Sex
| Male | Female | Total | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 27,617) | (n = 8,203) | (N = 35,820) | ||
| Hospital location | 0.84 | |||
| Rural/urban nonteaching | 403 (1.46) | 125 (1.52) | 528 (1.47) | |
| Urban teaching | 27,214 (98.54) | 8,078 (98.48) | 35,292 (98.53) | |
| Bed size of the hospital | ||||
| Small/medium | 2,839 (10.28) | 804 (9.8) | 3,643 (10.17) | |
| Large | 24,779 (89.72) | 7,399 (90.20) | 32,177 (89.83) | |
| Region | 0.009 | |||
| Northeast | 5,768 (20.88) | 1,529 (18.64) | 7,296 (20.37) | |
| Midwest | 6,892 (24.96) | 2,342 (28.55) | 9,235 (25.78) | |
| South | 11,059 (40.04) | 3,313 (40.39) | 14,372 (40.12) | |
| West | 3,898 (14.11) | 1,019 (12.42) | 4,917 (13.73) | |
| Median household income of patient zip code | <0.001 | |||
| 0-25th | 7,091 (26.13) | 2,511 (31.09) | 9,602 (27.27) | |
| 26th-50th | 6,999 (25.79) | 2,029 (25.12) | 9,029 (25.64) | |
| 50th-75th | 6,814 (25.11) | 2,069 (25.61) | 8,883 (25.23) | |
| 75th-100th | 6,230 (22.96) | 1,469 (18.18) | 7,699 (21.86) | |
| Insurance status | <0.001 | |||
| Medicare | 13,496 (49.16) | 3,908 (47.79) | 17,404 (48.84) | |
| Medicaid | 3,073 (11.19) | 1,248 (15.26) | 4,321 (12.13) | |
| Private insurance | 9,803 (35.71) | 2,731 (33.39) | 12,534 (35.18) | |
| Self-pay, no charge | 274 (1.00) | 115 (1.40) | 388 (1.09) | |
| Other | 809 (2.95) | 176 (2.16) | 985 (2.76) | |
| Elixhauser comorbidity index | 0.022 | |||
| 0-5 | 6,628 (24.00) | 2,188 (26.67) | 8,816 (24.61) | |
| ≥6 | 20,989 (76.00) | 6,015 (73.33) | 27,004 (75.39) |
Values are n (%). Significant values (P < 0.05) are indicated in bold.